Unfortunately, majority of candidates are interested in the take home challenge over doing live coding session. And we optimize for the widest reach.
In regards of the results, I can't speak for others, but I write code for 26 years. What I look for is how the candidate thinks of the problem. Here is one of my favorite exercises [0]. I would obviously love to do this live but people get super nervous and stop thinking. I then have tendency to help them too much and learn much about them.
Unfortunately, majority of candidates are interested in the take home challenge over doing live coding session. And we optimize for the widest reach.
In regards of the results, I can't speak for others, but I write code for 26 years. What I look for is how the candidate thinks of the problem. Here is one of my favorite exercises [0]. I would obviously love to do this live but people get super nervous and stop thinking. I then have tendency to help them too much and learn much about them.
[0] https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=39263923